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Sweet Bites Newsletter
Issue 61 | March 2021
In This Issue
FEATURE: Dental health in Aussie and Kiwi children
NEWS: Fruit juice and the Health Star Rating
NEWS: Countering the Non-Communicable Disease epidemic in New Zealand with a sustainable food systems approach
Welcome
Welcome to Issue 61 of Sweet bites.
In this issue our feature article is about dental health in Australian and New Zealander children: the situation currently, the importance of diet and the effectiveness of interventions.
Our News items are the final decision on the Health Star Rating of fruit and vegetable juices and a new paper from New Zealand researchers advocating a shift in health promotion toward a more collaborative approach that creates sustainable food systems.
From the journals, we’ve gathered three papers on sugars, carbohydrates and health: Dietary intake of adults with and without diabetes from the US NHANES cohort; a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of sugar sweetened beverages on oral health; and assessing the impact of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in South Africa.
We hope you enjoy this issue and invite you to be in touch if you have any feedback or suggestions for topics for future article.
Monthly Feature
Dental health in Aussie and Kiwi children
How are our children’s teeth and how can we best promote dental health?
News
Fruit juice and the Health Star Rating
After a year and a half of debate, the decision about how to rate pure unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices has been made
Countering the Non-Communicable Disease epidemic in New Zealand with a sustainable food systems approach
Research Updates
We have three papers to share on sugars, carbohydrates and health:
Dietary intake of adults with and without diabetes: results from NHANES 2013-2016.
There were no substantial or significant differences in dietary intake of macronutrients or micronutrients in US adults with or without diabetes. In both groups total sugars accounted for 20% energy. Read more here.
Effect of sugar sweetened beverages on oral health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Higher sugar-sweetened beverage consumption was associated with a higher risk of caries and dental erosion. Read more here.
Assessing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intakes, added sugar intakes and BMI before and after the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in South Africa.
SSB intake decreased during the period the tax was introduced. However, the percentage energy consumed as added sugar remained relatively consistent. There was a small increase in BMI in all tertiles of SSB consumption. Read more here.
About Us
The Sugar Nutrition Resource Centre (SNRC) is committed to providing health care professionals with evidence-based information on sugar and nutrition.
Our work continues to be guided by scientific experts from Australia and New Zealand.
As always, we would love to hear any feedback from you.
About the Editor
NICOLE SENIOR
Nutritionist, Sydney
Nicole is an experienced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Nutritionist, author, speaker, blogger, cook and food enthusiast with an interest in turning evidence based nutrition guidelines into sensible, achievable and enjoyable everyday eating advice and supporting other food and health professionals to do the same.
